as in punch
a hard strike with a part of the body or an instrument
in the eighth round he delivered a stinger that knocked his opponent flat
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Recent Examples of stinger
Stingless bees lack stingers and differ sharply from European honeybees.
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
Despite their name, stingless bees do have stingers; however, they are not designed for defense.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Experts warn that sucking out bee venom or scraping a stinger with a credit card can worsen the sting and spread the venom.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
The stingers they are equipped with can be up to about a quarter-inch (6 mm) in length and inject a painful venom – which is stored in large quantities in their abdomens – into their victims.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
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Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 30 Dec. 2025
Despite their name, stingless bees do have stingers; however, they are not designed for defense.
—Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 30 Dec. 2025
Experts warn that sucking out bee venom or scraping a stinger with a credit card can worsen the sting and spread the venom.
—Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2025
The stingers they are equipped with can be up to about a quarter-inch (6 mm) in length and inject a painful venom – which is stored in large quantities in their abdomens – into their victims.
—New Atlas, 5 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stinger
Noun
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With a light snow falling outside McCamish Pavilion, Henri Veesaar gave North Carolina (17-4, 5-3 ACC) a devastating 1-2 punch on the inside with 20 points and 12 rebounds.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
1 Feb. 2026
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Located just 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver, Cypress Mountain is more of a commuter hill than a destination resort, but its terrain punches well above its weight.—
Brent Rose,
Condé Nast Traveler,
1 Feb. 2026
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Reigns flipped Gunther onto the edge of the ring and went for the knockout blow, but it was countered.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
1 Feb. 2026
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After being victimized by a pair of Bulls blow-bys in his initial stint, there was no additional stint, with Jovic instead moved up when Adebayo went out.—
Ira Winderman,
Sun Sentinel,
1 Feb. 2026
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Then that final line, where Benedict asks Sophie to be his mistress, is just a slap to the senses.—
Yvonne Villarreal,
Los Angeles Times,
30 Jan. 2026
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Yes, the Old Fashioned is typically a boozy, whiskey-forward, slap-you-across-the-face thing, and, yes, chamomile is typically a bedtime, steaming mug, snuggle-up-under-a-blanket thing.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2026
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Director Ric Roman Waugh has a nice, gritty visual style and the fists and bullets land hard here, less stylish balletic and more thump thump.—
Mark Kennedy,
Boston Herald,
29 Jan. 2026
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In Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown, neighbors can still hear the thumps.—
Tyler Jett,
Des Moines Register,
21 Jan. 2026
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And then, when Stafford and Rodgers and the Titans said no thanks, Schoen landed with a thud on … Russell Wilson.—
Pat Leonard,
New York Daily News,
7 Jan. 2026
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The Panthers’ run game ended the 2025 regular season with a thud.—
Mike Kaye
Updated January 7,
Charlotte Observer,
7 Jan. 2026
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Despite a disappointing launch back in 2016, the developers stuck with it and have crafted a wildly successful and long-running space sim that feels like a greatest hits montage of all the games that came before it.—
Alan Bradley,
Space.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Jacob in the kind of Shoresy and Letterkenny family, which were more cult hits, but did well.—
Ben Smith,
semafor.com,
31 Jan. 2026
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Things have been bad between Bass and Horvath for more than a year, with the two Democrats taking veiled, and sometimes not-so-veiled, swipes at each other.—
David Zahniser,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Jan. 2026
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The final touch was a couple of swipes of Huda Beauty’s Power Bullet Matte Lipstick* in the shade—wait for it—Honeymoon.—
Jesa Marie Calaor,
Allure,
31 Jan. 2026
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With each stroke of his knife, Paul Miller is creating something, well, something totally Texas.—
Bo Evans,
CBS News,
26 Jan. 2026
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Prolonged exposure to high temperatures can lead to dehydration and heat exhaustion or even heat stroke, especially among children and older adults.—
Ethan Stone,
Ascend Agency,
25 Jan. 2026
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“Stinger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stinger. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.
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